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Click to see the full-size image A video showing China’s flying-saucer-like stealth drone, the Sky Hawk, was aired for the first time on  China Central Television (CCTV) on January 5 th . Global Times ✔ @globaltimesnews A video featuring China's flying saucer-like stealth drone the Sky Hawk was shown for the first time on CCTV on Sat, with experts saying the technologies mastered by Chinese developers will allow the drone fly faster, farther and escape detection. http:// bit.ly/2CSWouj   84 10:45 - 6 Jan 2019 47 people are talking about this Twitter Ads information and privacy Reportedly, the Sky Hawk conducted takeoff and landing tests at an undisclosed location and at an undisclosed time. This marks the first time the UAV was publicly shown in flight. The video is mostly computer-generated, but has approximately 10 seconds of “real-life” footage. The platform contains seven different cameras, in...

FILE IMAGE The coup attempt in Gabon on January 7 th  was thwarted and two soldiers that took part in it were killed,  Radio France Internationale reported. They were shot dead after security officers stormed the national radio building which they had taken over. Three others are under arrest. “The situation is under control,” a presidency statement said. The soldiers undertook the coup while Gabon President Ali Bongo was in Morocco recovering from a stroke. They called for people to “rise up” and bring back democracy in the country which has been ruled by Bongo’s family for about 50 years. “The situation is calm. The gendarmes who are often stationed there have taken control of the entire area around the radio and TV headquarters, so everything is back to normal”, said Guy-Bertrand Mapangou, a spokesman for the government of the central African country. RFI also confirmed that there was no curfew announced, television was back on, but internet and social n...

ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE The Russian Strategic Missile Forces will conduct approximately 50% more military drills in 2019,  the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.  Throughout the year, the Strategic Missile Forces will carry out more than 200 command and personnel as well as tactical and special exercises. In total, more than 200 exercises were held in 2018 and their intensity and number will increase in 2019. The Strategic Missile Forces plan to enhance the combat readiness of the personnel in the missile regiments, protection units and subunits and to increase the duration of the tactical and special tactical exercises. Each training period throughout 2019 will involve improving the combat duty to the utmost level of more than 40 missile regiments and support and protection units. Throughout the year, work will continue towards improving the exercises. Requirements for the level of the drills for all categories of military personnel, bringing combat readiness to t...